"Strong backbone in concepting, developing and rolling out finance transformations, aligned with IT and business processes, solutions and operations. Practical mindset with high curiosity to understand the sweet spots in the big picture across different domains. Driven by human touch, respect and trust."
Special skills
Wide understanding of company finance operations, solutions and processes and how they connect to IT, business and the regulatory landscape
Change management in the finance domain
Leading, managing and executing financial reporting, budgeting, rolling short and long range planning
Business case and scenarios
Development and upgrade project planning, execution, testing and roll outs
Strengths
Practical, analytical and structured mindset
Asks questions rather than assumes
Explores and proposes options how to execute and make things happen even in challenging situations
Treating and raising difficult topics in a constructive way
Ability to lead teams and motivate people in multicultural environments
Relevant experience
10+ years as Business Controller in the international B2B environment; in Project and Services Businesses and the R&D function
Several Finance Stream and Project Leaderships in ERP, process, solution or organisational transformations
Rolled out ERP upgrades as well as harmonisation, migration and digitalisation projects as Finance Stream Lead or Project Manager
Concepted and rolled out Finance processes, practises or related changes in newly established, acquired or already existing entities
Managed organisational and structural changes in applications and operationally in Finance
CRM roll out and Offering tool transformation
Established Finance Development practises and governance model
International team lead experience as line manager and in Project Manager role
Education
Master of Science, Economics, University of Tampere, Finland
Studies in French language, University of Jyväskylä, Finland